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A Salesperson's Wishes from Marketing

Pointclear

So, what do you want from Marketing?” It’s interesting…ask salespeople their opinions about a marketing campaign, copy, creative, or any number of marketing’s creative options and you’ll hear very little. How about the marketing department putting a little skin in the game to help us increase sales activity?

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Looking to enhance sales lead performance? Put process before technology.

Pointclear

Then implement the workflow that encourages both sales and marketing to be acccountable for their role in revenue generation. Finally figure out how you can deliver the marketing-nurtured opportunities that sales will follow up on and close. So start by engineering your processes to focus on lead quality not quantity.

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Who’s Harvesting Your Lead Farm?

SBI

Guest Post By Dan McDade, CEO & President, PointClear. The lead farm—it may not sound very sexy at first hearing, but its function and resources are critical success factors in overcoming challenges that prevent B2B sales and marketing groups from operating at peak efficiency and delivering full revenue potential.

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Advice to Steve, a Down-and-Almost-Out Sales Manager: Telemarket Old Leads First!

Pointclear

How many sales inquiries did Marketing give you, on average, per month for the last year?” On average, 50% of these inquirers are still in the market to buy, and he might not have to resort to losing tactics, such as price reductions or expensive sales incentive programs, which seldom work in Q4. What am I gonna do?”

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What Determines Cost Per Lead

Pointclear

It takes a skilled team, a proven cadence, multiple touch points, message testing, market analysis — and plenty of perseverance —t o produce the leads that truly contribute to revenue generation. While most people wouldn't quibble with the above reality, many still measure marketing success based on the cost per lead.

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Four Reasons for Quota Failures

Pointclear

To understand the revenue failure issue, as a consultant I had to start with the people closest to the issue and then spread out to policies, procedures, tool use, and marketing lead generation. Is the sales incentive bar set too high? Quotas can be by dollar, by product, and by sales activity; often by all three. Why it Matters.

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Outsourcing Lead Generation: A CMO’s Perspective

Pointclear

I thought it would be interesting to share the perspective of a chief marketing officer who has experience on both sides of the question. Karen Hayward is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of CenterBeam, an IT managed service provider. Could you share an example of market identification activity?